Crime & Safety
Hoax Calls Trigger Lockdowns At 2 Peninsula Schools
The lockdowns were lifted after authorities deemed reports of an active shooter on both campuses to be without merit.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — Hoax phone calls about intruders on campus prompted the lockdowns of at least two high schools in San Mateo County on Wednesday morning.
Woodside High School and South San Francisco High School both reported the hoax calls, with the one in Woodside reported shortly after 10 a.m. alleging a possible active shooter on the campus.
San Mateo County sheriff's deputies responded and searched the campus before determining there was no threat to public safety.
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The call that prompted the South San Francisco High School lockdown had said an intruder was on campus, and police responded and found no threat, according to the South San Francisco Unified School District.
The lockdown was lifted and school was resuming as regularly scheduled, but school district officials said parents who prefer to keep their student at home for the rest of the day will have it considered an excused absence.
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